Posted on 03/06/2006 2:41:44 PM PST by anotherview
Party supporting legalization of soft drugs hopes to revive sleepy elections campaign
Moran Zelikovitch
Two lesbians engaged in a passionate kiss, drug use at a pub, starving musicians, and a clean, green environment.
No, this is not Amsterdam in the spring. These are Ale Yarok's (Hebrew for "Green Leaf") TV election campaign ads to be aired on Tuesday.
A different kind of wedding – Ale Yarok campaign video
In a press conference, the party presented its TV and radio broadcasts under the slogan: "We also have other aspirations".
So what are those aspirations? Strict conservation of the environment; supporting same-sex marriage and equal rights; subsidizing organic agriculture; fighting traffic accidents; and more ideas other political parties dismiss as hot potatoes.
At the same time, Ale Yarok continues in its mission to legalize soft drugs, namely cannabis for medicinal use and treatment of violence victims, heavy drug users, and alcoholics.
One of Ale Yarok's TV ads shows a "traditional" wedding ceremony with a twist. When the rabbi who appears in the ad declares "welcome the bride", two brides enter the room and kiss passionately.
When it comes to legalization of soft drugs, the party has an ad that shows police officers coming into a pub and arresting a quiet, subdued man who smokes marijuana, instead of arresting a violent, unruly drunk man also present at the venue.
More from Ale Yarok's TV ads: Artists who are forced to beg for money on the streets for lack of funding, a student who cannot afford tuition and sticks outside the classroom's window so he can hear the professor, and an animation video against air pollution and in favor of a clean environment.
Boaz Wachtel, who heads Ale Yarok's list to the Knesset, explained during the press conference: "We do not appear in the ads, we don't want to personify ourselves".
The ad campaign producer, Ronny Peri, added: "This is a new concept in campaigning, we want to introduce the first three candidates as serious, and stress their ambition to serve in the Knesset."
(03.06.06, 22:03)
Some Dahaf polls show Ale Yarok approaching the 2% threshold necessary to enter the Knesset. Polls showed them consistently ahead of 2% in 2003 until the party came out in favor of legalizing prostitution and then their support went up in smoke.
Well, at least they're sort of hot. (((:~)>
Left, way way left, way left, and WTF?
I don't know how a politician is going to "fight traffic accidents", but I have a hunch I won't like it.
You actually read the article?
<:O
In Israeli politics Avoda (Labour Party) is left, Meretz (means "vigour") is way left, and Ale Yarok is lunatic and strange. They used to be a one issue party: marijuana legalization. That didn't work so this is what they are trying now.
So what are those aspirations? Strict conservation of the environment; supporting same-sex marriage and equal rights; subsidizing organic agriculture; fighting traffic accidents; and more ideas other political parties dismiss as hot potatoes.
At the same time, Ale Yarok continues in its mission to legalize soft drugs, namely cannabis for medicinal use and treatment of violence victims, heavy drug users, and alcoholics
I don't know either -- hot lesbian action like that ad will CAUSE traffic accients : )
But just those two.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
I totally agree. The gay rights issue people need to learn to put the right people in their ads next time. I nominate the above. Also guys are more likely to be sympathetic to the a gay issue ad if good looking Lesibans portrayed in political ads are labeled as bisexual.
The rented a couple from Holland.
The = They
D'oh!
Sure - pics like that don't do it for me (such a waste of talent, dontcha know).
I know it's wrong to think that picture's hot, but DAMN!
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
"I know it's wrong to think that picture's hot, but DAMN!"
Well, we need more photos before we can say for sure.
but not them
or them
Exactly. They can apply for marriage licenses right here on this thread, and we'll decide who qualifies.
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